Hi Merrilyn,
In this case it is just ‘under’ . The text explains what a Raclette is -
“....c’est un gros fromage sous un fil chauffant que l’on racle ....“
It is an enormous cheese wheel placed UNDER a heated element and you scrape the melted cheese into your plate, normally served with potatoes, charcuterie, and gherkins ...Delicious!
In a restaurant it is quite a spectacle but you can now buy a home raclette which you just plug in and is much easier to use..
Hope this helps!
It was in the dictée you last sent me. The topic was a great dinner on the ski hill. My mouth was watering over "La raclette".It had the cheese "sous " what I thought was the flame of a fondue set. That makes no sense to me.
Thank you so much for your reply. I could not get the picture. I have done cheese fondue where the cheese melts in a pot OVER a flame and one dips into the melted cheese in the pot. I think I may try and find my fondue set and give it a try again. It was the rage In the 80s.
Hi Merrilyn,
You may also want to add this lesson to your notebook
[competency id="201"]
so you can practise the main prepositions (including 'sous' and 'sur').
Oh, actually I've realised the confusion was the context and you're practising at B2/C1 mostly so this is too basic for you! I'll leave the link here anyway in case it's useful for anyone else.
:)
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